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Serious unclassified road crash in Caerphilly NP11 on 26 August 2019 at 14:55 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Caerphilly at 14:55 on Monday 26 August 2019. The 18-year-old female driver of the Fiat 500 was seriously injured and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Fiat 500 and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Fiat 500 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Aug 2019
Monday, 14:55
Vehicles
2
Fiat 500 and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6951, longitude -3.16005, in the NP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oakdale.

Map of where the crash happened in Caerphilly

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019610041719
Council area
Caerphilly
Police force
Gwent
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 January 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 500)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2019610041719 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Caerphilly road accident statistics for 2019.